Friday, January 15, 2010

It's that day of the month again, the day we celebrate Cupcakes! This months MSC selection-Coconut Cupcakes, was chosen by Jennifer over at Cinema Cupcakes. I decided to make these, as well as some Red Velvet Cupcakes (which I will post on the 20th for The Cake Slice) when I made dessert, as part of dinner, for the local homeless shelter. I didn't have to cut the recipe in 1/2 or anything, because I needed as many cupcakes as I could get.I got 24 cupcakes from the full recipe. The recipe can be found on page 28-29 of Martha Stewart's Cupcakes. The recipe calls for a 7-minute frosting, flavored with coconut extract, but that isn't my favorite frosting and since I was making red velvet cupcakes too, I decided to make 1 frosting that would be good with both. I decided on cream cheese frosting. I ran to the store to pick up a few items for the dishes I was making for dinner, to serve at the homeless shelter and forgot cream cheese. Smart, I know.Well, time was running out and I had the ingredients for Martha's Fluffy Vanilla Frosting, which is also found in the cupcake book, so I just used that for both cupcakes.

I didn't taste even a bite of these, but I let my son try one unfrosted and he said it was "Amazing!".They received many compliments that night, so I think they are a winner. Check out the MSC Blogroll to see what everyone else thought of these!

Your naked cupcake is very cute - and good for you for baking them for some very appreciative people.

I think cream cheese frosting is always the right call (and I think I would have preferred it to the boiled frosting) - but I also forgot to pick up cream cheese at the store. Oh well...looking forward to the S'mores cupcakes!

You are really a wonderful person for making cupcakes to bring to your local homeless shelter and you should be very proud of yourself! the cupcakes look great and I am so glad that your son enjoyed one too!! I didn't get to these this month...but I am definitely in for the smores cupcakes next month!

Interesting... I've been thinking of retirement homes for "unloading" some of my baked goods. Great idea! These look beautiful!!! And I agree - the cake was fabulous on it's own. I also bypassed the 7-minute frosting... too marshmallow-ish for me! Nicely done Mary Ann!